Display device including adhesive sheet attached to bottom chassis

Abstract

A display device includes a bottom chassis, a backlight unit accommodated in the bottom chassis, a display panel above the backlight unit, and an adhesive sheet between the backlight unit and the display panel. The display panel is attached to the bottom chassis through the adhesive sheet.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display device, comprising:
 a bottom chassis; 
 a backlight unit accommodated in the bottom chassis; 
 a display panel above the backlight unit; and 
 an adhesive sheet between the backlight unit and the display panel, the display panel being attached to the bottom chassis through the adhesive sheet, 
 
       wherein the bottom chassis includes:
 a flat bottom portion forming a bottom surface of the bottom chassis; 
 a first side wall portion extending upwardly from the flat bottom portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the flat bottom portion; 
 a second side wall portion extending downwardly from the first side wall portion substantially parallel to the first side wall portion; 
 an attachment portion extending inwardly from the second side wall portion in a substantially horizontal direction, the adhesive sheet being directly attached to the attachment portion; and 
 a third side portion extending downwardly from the attachment portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the attachment portion. 
 
     
     
       2. The display device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein:
 one side of the adhesive sheet adheres tri a peripheral area of the display panel, and 
 another side of the adhesive sheet adheres to the attachment portion of the bottom chassis. 
 
     
     
       3. The display device as claimed in  claim 1 , rein the attachment portion of the bottom chassis is substantially parallel e display panel. 
     
     
       4. The display device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the attachment portion is located about even with or slightly higher than the upper surface of the backlight unit. 
     
     
       5. The display device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first side wall extends to a height that is about even with or lower than the upper surface of the display panel. 
     
     
       6. The display device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, in the third side wall portion of the bottom chassis, an inward surface contacts or almost contacts the backlight unit. 
     
     
       7. The display device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a height of a corner where two edges of the bottom chassis meet is higher than the height of the attachment portion. 
     
     
       8. A display device, comprising
 a bottom chassis; 
 a backlight unit accommodated in the bottom chassis; 
 a display panel above the backlight unit; and 
 an adhesive sheet between the backlight unit and the display panel, the adhesive sheet being directly attached to an attachment portion of the bottom chassis, 
 the display panel being attached to the bottom chassis through the adhesive sheet, 
 
       wherein:
 at least one edge of the bottom chassis includes a first hemming structure including:
 a flat bottom portion forming a bottom surface of the bottom chassis; 
 a first side wall portion extending upwardly from the flat bottom portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the flat bottom portion; a second side wall portion extending downwardly from the first side wall portion substantially parallel to the first side wall portion; 
 the attachment portion, wherein in the first hemming structure, the attachment portion extends inwardly in a substantially horizontal direction from the second side wall portion; and 
 a third side wall portion extending downwardly from the attachment portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the attachment portion, and 
 
 at least one other edge of the bottom chassis includes a second hemming structure including;
 a flat bottom portion forming the bottom surface of the bottom chassis; a first side wall portion extending upwardly from the flat bottom portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the flat bottom portion; 
 the attachment portion, wherein in the second hemming structure, the attachment portion extends inwardly substantially in a horizontal direction from the first side wall portion; and 
 another side wall portion extending downwardly from the attachment portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the attachment portion. 
 
 
     
     
       9. The display device as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein a driving circuit substrate that transmits signals for driving the display panel is located in an edge of the bottom chassis including the second hemming structure.